Shawn Huelle

listening to albums

Hello.

I need your help, and you are very helpful.

I recently wished for a pair of good headphones so that I could—by completely shifting gears from the visual to the aural—take more of a break from my school work. My wish was granted! And now I need your help. Your help is very important to me. And you are very helpful.

At least that's what I've heard. People are always telling me how helpful you are. Yes they are.

If you had a nice pair of headphones, and wanted to listen to an album (yes, an album, from beginning to end), which album would you listen to, and why?

Please leave your suggestion(s) in the comments section.

Thanks for your help.

UPDATE (03.09.08—12:44 p.m.) Here is a list I've made using the suggestions so far as well as my own collection. Please continue to make suggestions, and if you have comments on my choices so far, feel free to make those as well.

  • Andrew Bird — Weather Systems
  • The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Beck — The Information
  • Bob Dylan — Blonde on Blonde
  • Bound Stems — Appreciation Night
  • CAN — Tago Mago
  • Duke Ellington — The Far East Suite
  • Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins — Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins
  • The Flaming Lips — Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
  • James Taylor Quartet — The Money Spyder
  • John Coltrane — Giant Steps
  • John Coltrane — A Love Supreme
  • Miles Davis — Bitches Brew
  • Miles Davis — Sketches Of Spain
  • Neutral Milk Hotel — In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
  • Os Mutantes — Os Mutantes
  • Peter Gabriel — Passion: Music For The Last Temptation Of Christ
  • Radiohead — In Rainbows
  • Radiohead — OK Computer
  • Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin — West Meets East
  • Sonic Youth — Rather Ripped
  • Sun Ra — The Futuristic Sounds Of
  • Terry Riley — In C
  • Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane — At Carnegie Hall
  • Yo La Tengo — The Sounds of the Sounds of Science